Quickstart
Follow these steps to set up monitoring for your infrastructure.Create your account
Go to app.upmetr.com/register and sign up with your email. You’ll get a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan — no credit card required.After signing up, verify your email address by clicking the link sent to your inbox.
Add a cloud account
Navigate to Settings > Cloud Accounts and click Add Account.Choose your cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean) and enter your credentials. Upmetr supports two authentication methods for AWS:
- IAM Role (recommended) — Cross-account access using AssumeRole
- Access Keys — Direct access with IAM user credentials
See Cloud Accounts Guide for detailed setup instructions per provider.
Discover resources
After adding an account, click Discover to scan for cloud resources. Upmetr automatically finds EC2 instances, RDS databases, Route53 zones, CloudFront distributions, load balancers, and more.Resources are re-discovered automatically every 15 minutes.
Create your first uptime monitor
Go to Monitors and click Add Monitor.Enter:
- Name — A descriptive label (e.g., “Production API”)
- URL — The endpoint to check (e.g.,
https://api.yourapp.com/health) - Check Interval — How often to check (default: 60 seconds)
See Uptime Monitors Guide for advanced settings like failure thresholds and recovery detection.
Set up alerts
Go to Settings > Integrations to configure where alerts are sent:
- Slack — Webhook integration
- Email — SMTP configuration
- SMS/WhatsApp — Via Twilio
- Webhook — n8n, Zapier, PagerDuty, or any HTTP endpoint
See Notifications Guide for channel-specific setup.
Next Steps
Infrastructure Agents
Deploy lightweight agents for host-level metrics (CPU, RAM, disk, network).
Cost Tracking
Set up budgets and track cloud spending across accounts.
Alert Rules
Configure custom alert rules with thresholds and cooldowns.
API Reference
Automate Upmetr via the REST API.
Navigation
The sidebar provides access to all features:| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Overview of system health and recent activity |
| Resources | All discovered cloud resources |
| Monitors | Uptime monitoring and SSL tracking |
| Incidents | Alert management and incident history |
| Costs | Cost tracking, budgets, and forecasting |
| Settings | Cloud accounts, integrations, team, billing |
Keyboard Shortcuts
Press? anywhere in the app to see all shortcuts.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
g then d | Go to Dashboard |
g then r | Go to Resources |
g then m | Go to Monitors |
g then i | Go to Incidents |
g then c | Go to Costs |
/ | Focus global search |